BlackBerry’s instant messaging service—fittingly called BlackBerry Messenger—may someday be available as a standalone application for iPhones and Android handsets, according to BGR.com.
In its current form, BlackBerry Messenger (or “BBM”) facilitates lightning quick back-and-forth between BlackBerry users with features like group …
The internet, said UK developer Mark James the other day, is a serious business. Web developers need to be serious business people. There is serious money to be made.
But all seriousness aside, there’s always room for some kittens.
James spent a weekend creating Placekitten as a joke. It’s a simple tool for developers who need …
Data. Google wants it, and is good at getting it.
And that’s fine and dandy when the data they need is already online, because they can send the Googlebot scurrying along to index everything it finds. But what about the data that isn’t online?
Google’s cameras-on-cars collected data for Google Maps, but even they can’t drive …
Good morning! Here are some of today’s top tech stories so far. We’ll cover a few of these throughout the day but feel free to get a head start.
Apple Launches iPad 2
Link: Apple
In case you missed it, the iPad 2 is coming. It’ll be here March 11, starting at $499. Here’s Apple’s press release and
Global mobile data use almost tripled between 2009 and 2010, according to a new report from Cisco, but that’s not the most surprising detail they’re offering: Apparently, they expect mobile data use to increase by a factor of 26 by 2015 – and much of that growth will come from users who don’t even have electricity at home.
Cisco’s …
Could Scrolls be the next bit hit after Minecraft, the online block building game that has taken creative minds by storm? Minecraft is still on its way to becoming a household name, but creator Markus Persson is already working on his next project: A fantasy-themed game that takes the gameplay of collectable card games and brings it to …
There’s a lot of music online–more than most people have time to keep up with. That’s why you’ve got us. Every week, we’ll point you toward three excellent new downloads or videos from chart-topping stars, cult favorites and unknown geniuses.
1. Those of you who are inclined toward geek-rap should note that Adam WarRock–the most …
A rogue developer managed to lure thousands of Android users into downloading dodgy malware for their mobile devices.
Google acted fast and axed the account run by developer Myournet, also taking steps to remove its 21 stolen applications from users’ phones via a built-in “back door” system put there for just such an …
Launched last week, the Montreal-based startup site Viinyl propounds the novel theory that the problem with online music is that the pictures aren’t big enough. Each song registered with the site gets a single-serving URL of its own–Ali Milner’s “I Dare You,” for instance, is http://idareyou.viinyl.com/ , and Armistice’s “Mission Bells” …
We might not know exactly when the BBC will launch their iPad-only global iPlayer app, but at least we know that it won’t be too expensive to sign up. BBC Director General Mark Thompson has announced that the subscription cost of the international iPlayer, which will give users access to new and archived content from multiple British …
Beyond Good & Evil HD
Publisher: UbiSoft
Developer: UbiSoft Montpelier
Systems it’s available on: Xbox 360
ESRB rating: Teen
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
I already know what I think about Beyond Good & Evil HD, which hits Xbox Live today. I freakin’ love it.
That foreknowledge comes of course from having played the original, …
Writing your answers on the inside of a water bottle label or on the cuff of your shorts is so last decade. Four Japanese universities have filed reports that someone was leaking the questions and answers to some of their entrance exam questions while taking the tests, thanks to the aid of question and answer website Chiebukuro, the …